Dr. Marily Nika

Dr. Marily Nika did her PhD at the department of Computing Science at Imperial College London, where she created a model for predicting internet-based phenomena, such as virality. During her PhD she interned at Facebook’s Measurement team and she is currently working at Google in Silicon Valley, for the Speech / Google Assistant team. Marily has given 3 TEDx talks, she received the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Influence Award in 2015 and a medal of outstanding excellence from Imperial College London for her work in championing the women in tech community. Marily was the co-ambassador of the London Geekettes Chapter (now a Consultant) and is always trying to find new ways to empower women in science both in the UK and globally.